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25. C-130B (5) C-130E (7) C-130H (13) All C-130s overhauled and upgraded by PAC. [31] PAF had ordered 7 ex- Belgian Air Component refurbished C-130H aircraft in 2019. [32][30] By June 2023, it had inducted all 7 aircraft into its fleet.
The JF-17 was designed and developed primarily to meet the PAF requirement for an affordable, [23] unsanctionable, fourth-generation, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft as a replacement for its large fleet of Nanchang A-5C bombers, Chengdu F-7P/PG interceptors, and Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters, with a cost of US$500 million, divided equally between Pakistan and China. [24]
In 2015 the Pakistan Army ordered 12 Bell AH-Z Viper attack helicopters, with an option of 3 more to replace its aging AH-1F Cobras. Following cancellation of $300 million military aid to Pakistan by the US government, the helicopters were put into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona .
Pakistan National Guard is a military reserve force and a component of the Pakistan Army. Functioning as a "second line of defense" alongside the Pakistan Army Reserve and the Civil Armed Forces, the National Guard's primary roles include internal security, disaster relief and wartime support for the regular army.
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Armored. Aviation. The Pakistan Army's troops operating the M115 howitzer in 1965. The Regiment of Artillery is the military administrative and combat support branch of the Pakistan Army. [2] Reporting direct from the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, the regiment itself is an administrative with many of its units deployed as part of maneuver strike corps.
Although Pakistan began the development of nuclear weapons in 1972, Pakistan responded to India's 1974 nuclear test (see Smiling Buddha) with a number of proposals for a nuclear-weapon-free zone to prevent a nuclear arms race in South Asia. [ 33 ] On many different occasions, India rejected the offer.
The Pakistan Army Corps of Signals is a military administrative and a combined arms branch of the Pakistan Army. [1] [2] Headquartered in the Army GHQ, the Corps of Signals oversees the communications, information system, and computer security for the command and control of the joint and combined arms uniformed forces of the Pakistani military.: 394 [3]